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trouveur

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trou⋅veur

[troo-vur; Fr. troo-vœr]
–noun, plural -veurs [-vurz; Fr. -vœr] .
trouvère.

trou⋅vère

[troo-vair; Fr. troo-ver]
–noun, plural -vères [-vairz; Fr. -ver] .
one of a class of medieval poets who flourished in northern France during the 12th and 13th centuries, wrote in langue d'oïl, and composed chiefly the chansons de geste and works on the themes of courtly love.
Also, trouveur.
Compare troubador (def. 1).


Origin:
1785–95; < F; OF troveor, equiv. to trov(er) to find, compose (see trover ) + -eor < L -ātor -ator
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trou·vère   (trōō-vâr')   
n.  One of a class of poet-musicians flourishing in northern France in the 12th and 13th centuries, who composed chiefly narrative works, such as the chansons de geste, in langue d'oïl.

[French, from Old French trovere, from trover, to compose, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre; see troubadour.]
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